CPI vows to resist simultaneous polls

Vijayawada: CPI national secretary D Raja on Tuesday made it clear that simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and all the Assemblies will not be possible due to huge diversity in the country.

He alleged that the BJP has been trying to impose its agenda and views on the people. He said the CPI would oppose any move by the NDA government to conduct polls simultaneously for Lok Sabha and Assemblies.

Addressing the media at the state party office here with the CPI state secretary K Ramakrishna, Raja said all political parties in the country should reach consensus on conducting simultaneous polls.

Referring to the Constitution, Raja said the BJP has been vigorously trying to amend the Constitution for its own benefit. The NDA government had failed on all fronts under the leadership of Narendra Modi, he said and added that the Prime Minister had earlier promised creation of two crore jobs a year and of bringing back black money from other countries but he failed on all fronts.

He said the industrial sector was sinking and economy was in a very bad shape under the BJP rule. The CPI leader said the Prime Minister had announced Achhe Din (good days) would come for all Indians but only corporate sector was benefited under his rule. He further said an international survey reports stated one per cent of Indians own 73 per cent of the total wealth of the country.

He condemned the proposals of the BJP government to fill important posts like secretaries and joint secretaries in the government service with the people of corporate sector and professionals from multi-national companies. He alleged that the Central government had been trying to change the entire UPSC recruitment process in the country.

He expressed concern over the rise of attacks on minorities and Dalits in the country and referred Gujarat state as example for it. The CPI leader said Indian fascism will be very dangerous to the country and recalled the devastation caused by fascism in European many decades ago.  

He said that the CPI was going to the people from August 1 to 14 by organising different types of programmes to protest the misrule of Modi. He further said the CPI would also organise nation-wide agitations in September and October, opposing the Union government’s agenda of amending Constitution.